Rain-water cut-off



(No Model.)-

G'. LEMLE.

RAIN WATER GUT-OPP.

No. 268,914. E Patented Dec. 12. 1882.

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' GEORGE LEMLE, OF N ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

RAIN-WATER CUT-OFF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 268,914, dated December 12, 1882. Application filed March 21, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE LEMLE, of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have inventeda new and Improved Rain-Water Out-Off, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Thiszinvention relates to cut-olfattachment-s to rain-water coud uctors leading from the house to the cistern, the object of which is to prevent the introduction into cisterns of impurities from the roofs of houses by receiving the first washings containiugtheimpurities, and allowing only the pure water to enter the cistern, as hereinalter more particularly described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate cor responding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is an elevation of a house, cistern, and myirnproved cut-oft'attachment. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 represent sectional elevations of different forms, in which the conductor-pipe connection of the cut-ofi' device may be made.

Arepresentsthe house; B,the cistern C, the receptacle of the cut-otl' device; D, the rainwater conductorleadingfrom the roof to the cistern G, the branch pipe leading from conductor D to receptacle 0, and J the point where the conductorD is tapped by the branch G.

It will be. readily understood that the first washings from the roof in a shower will fall into receptacle 0, taking along thedust, leaves, and other deposits on the roof, also any stagnant water that may be trapped in the eavestroughs, all of which pass off with the said first washings. When the receptacle 0 fills the pure water will then pass on into the cistern B. When the shower is over, or at any time before another rain, the receptacle 0 may be drawn off by the cock K, to be ready for the next rain. A hand-hole, L, may also be provlded in the lower end of the receptacle, for

convenience in removing any matters that may settle therein. The water collected in the receptacle C will be uselul for many purposes about a house and garden, and will not therefore be lost.

The construction of thejoint connection of branch pipe G with the main pipe may he varied at will. For example, it may have aflared top, H, opening its whole breadth into pipe D, as in Figs. 1 and 3; or it may consistot' the independent branches E F, the pipe D being stopped between the branches, as in Fig. 2, or the simple T (tee) connection of Fig. 4 maybe used. The latter will serve well when the couductor D is horizontal, or nearly so; but when greater theothers will serve demanding performancein the rain is required.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a rain-water cut-oil", in combination, the slanting conducting-pipe D, the cistern B, and the intermediate cut-ofl' tank, (3, so arranged under the pipe D that said tank 0 must be tilled with water by said pipe D before the pipe can carry water into the cistern, as shown and described.

2. In a rain-water cut-otfiin combination, the cistern B, the cut-01f tank 0, and the slanting conducting-pipe D, provided -with an enlargement or ofl'set, H, as shown and described.

GEORGE LEMLE. Witnesses:

A. MENDES,

DAVID 'LEMLE. 

